Fake ID Use and Greek Life Recap

Social pressures and pack mentality play a lot into why members of Greek life may feel the need to get fake IDs according to Macomb Community College psychology professor Paulina Multhaupt. Though she acknowledges Greek life "creates a sense of community and connectedness," she also says because of age and development, it can lead to conformity. "In the teenage years when sense of self isn't fully developed yet, people gravitate towards others and often times are influenced by what the group is doing and they conform and go along with the group; whether or not they think it’s a good idea, they just have a tendency to do so,” Multhaupt said. The not fully developed sense of self coupled with human nature's social tendencies and influence of the group can play directly into why younger Greek life students, like Petkovic, feel the need to follow their older peers to the bars or the liquor stores by purchasing a fake ID.